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Have got vs Have
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If I remember correctly, "have got to" is more informal than "have to". So yeah, it's cleaner/more grammatical.
I think most people use the "got" as a extra word to emphasize urgency in day to day conversation. So in that way, it's useful?
I'm also in camp of "the longer the angrier". Next in the escalation list would be "our ass", followed by "fxxking"